Military Ambulance Beside a Field Hospital Tent
An off-road army ambulance waits beside a field hospital tent, ready to carry the next patient to safety.
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Army Ambulance at a Field Hospital
A sturdy military ambulance stands on the left side of the scene. It has a tall boxy rear compartment, a flat-fronted cab with a wide windshield, a slatted grille, a round headlight, a side mirror and a towing hook on the front bumper. Crosses mark the side of the box and the cab door. Its large tires have deep, chunky treads made for mud and rough ground. On the right, a canvas tent with a cross high on its wall has one flap tied back at the entrance, and two metal supply boxes with latches are stacked beside it. In the foreground lies a folding stretcher with a fabric bed stretched between two poles.
How Battlefield Ambulances Began
Fast medical transport on the battlefield is often credited to Dominique-Jean Larrey, a surgeon in the French army during the 1790s. He designed light horse-drawn carts, called flying ambulances, that could reach wounded soldiers during the fighting rather than after it. Larrey also helped introduce triage, treating the most seriously injured first instead of sorting patients by rank.
The cross emblem on the vehicle has legal meaning. The first Geneva Convention of 1864 made the red cross on a white background a protected sign for medical staff, vehicles and hospitals. Under international humanitarian law, units displaying it must not be attacked as long as they are used only to care for the sick and wounded.
Natural Colors of the Scene
- Ambulance body and cab: olive drab or dark army green
- Cross emblems: red crosses on white squares
- Tires: black rubber with dark gray hubs
- Tent: khaki, sand or olive canvas
- Supply boxes: olive green or gunmetal gray with silver latches
- Stretcher: olive or tan fabric on metal poles